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Axelle Red
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Axelle Red (born Fabienne Demal on 15 February 1968) is a Belgian singer-songwriter.
Hugh Peters
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hugh Peters (29 June 1598 – 16 October 1660) was an English preacher.
Biala (Hasidic dynasty)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Biala (or Byala, Biale) Hasidic dynasty originated from Poland. The Rebbes of Biala are descended from Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Rabinowicz, known as the Yid Hakodosh ("The Holy Jew").
Triple-A World Series
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Triple-A World Series is an infrequently held contest featuring the champions of each Triple-A level minor league of Major League Baseball, with the intent of crowning an overall champion of Triple-A Baseball.
Duffy`s Cut
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Duffy`s Cut is the name given to a stretch of railroad tracks about 30 miles west of Philadelphia, USA, originally built for the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad in the summer and fall of 1832. The line later became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad`s Main Line. Railroad contractor Philip Duffy hired 57 Irish immigrants to lay this line through the area`s densely wooded hills and ravines. The workers came to Philadelphia from Counties Donegal, Tyrone, and Derry to work in Pennsylvania`s nascent railroad industry. Less than two months after their arrival, all 57 are believed to have died during the second cholera pandemic, which was a worldwide contagion spanning several continents and many...
Mary Woronov
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mary Woronov (born December 8, 1943) is an American actress and writer. She is primarily known for her roles in independent and cult films. Woronov has appeared in over 80 movies, as well as numerous appearances in mainstream television series, such as Charlie`s Angels and Knight Rider.
Christ College (University of Tasmania)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Christ College is the oldest tertiary institution in Australia and is a residential college of the University of Tasmania.
Ted Drake
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Edward Joseph "Ted" Drake (16 August 1912 – 30 May 1995) was an English football player and manager. As a player, he first played for Southampton but made his name playing for Arsenal in the 1930s, winning two league titles and an FA Cup, as well as five caps for England. He was also a cricketer, but only ever played sparingly for Hampshire. After retiring from playing football, he became a manager, and while in charge of Chelsea he took the club to its first top division league title. Drake holds the record for the most goals scored in a top flight game in English football, scoring seven against Aston Villa in December 1935.
Aruba national football team
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Aruba national football team is the national team of Aruba and is controlled by the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond.
Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis took place from 14 June to 19 June 1995, when a group of 80 to 200 Chechen terrorists led by Shamil Basayev attacked the southern Russian city of Budyonnovsk (pop. 60,000, often spelled Budennovsk), some 70 miles (110 km) north of the border with the Russian republic of Chechnya. The incident resulted in a ceasefire between Russia and Chechen rebels, and peace talks (which later failed) between Russia and the Chechens. It caused a major political crisis in Russia.
Marc Bergevin
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Marc Bergevin (born August 11, 1965) is a retired French Canadian professional hockey defenceman. He is the current assistant General Manager of the Chicago Blackhawks.
Brendan Smyth
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Brendan Smyth (8 June 1927 – 22 August 1997) was a Roman Catholic priest who became notorious as a child molester, using his position in the Roman Catholic Church to obtain access to his victims. During a period of over 40 years, Smyth sexually abused and indecently assaulted over 100 children in parishes in Belfast, Dublin and the United States. His actions were frequently hidden from police and the public by Roman Catholic officials. Controversy surrounding his case brought about the downfall of the government of Ireland in December 1994.
Beating of Chrissy Lee Polis
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A beating of a transgender woman occurred at a McDonald`s in Rosedale, Maryland in Greater Baltimore on April 18, 2011. The video of the beating was posted online and became a viral video. Both suspects of the beating were prosecuted. The beating lead to awareness of violence against transgender people in Maryland, and Howard County, Maryland passed a county law protecting transgender people.
Napoleon points
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In geometry, Napoleon points are a pair of special points associated with a plane triangle. It is generally believed that the existence of these points was discovered by Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815, but many have questioned this belief. The Napoleon points are triangle centers and they are listed as the points X(17) and X(18) in Clark Kimberling`s Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers.
Curtis D. Summers
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Curtis D. Summers (September 17, 1929 – May 11, 1992) was an engineer and American roller coaster designer credited for designing or providing structural engineering on 25 wooden roller coasters around the world. He earned a degree in Architectural Engineering at Kansas State University and was a registered engineer in 40 states.
John Wallace Crawford
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! John Wallace (Jack) Crawford (1847-1917), known as "The Poet Scout", was an American Civil War veteran, an American Old West scout, and a poet of western lore. He was a scout for General George Crook and General Phil Sheridan, friend of Wild Bill Hickok and co-actor, performer and scout with William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill). In 1875 Jack was appointed as a Captain of the Black Hills Rangers of Dakota. He was famous for his books and poems, many still performed and recorded as songs, such as "The Death of Custer", "Rattlin` Joe`s Prayer" (which became the basis, reset as narrated by a soldier, of the song "deck of cards") where a miner preaches a sermon from playing cards, and "California Joe and...
Jon Flanagan
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Jonathon Patrick "Jon" Flanagan (born 1 January 1993) is an English footballer who plays for Liverpool as a full back. He made his debut for Liverpool in a 3-0 win against Manchester City on 11 April 2011. He is the nephew of QPR right-back Bradley Orr. He made his breakthrough towards the end of the 2010-2011 season with a string of solid performances.
SMS Hamburg
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The SMS Hamburg was a Bremen class light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine, named after the city of Hamburg. She was begun by AG Vulcan Stettin in Stettin in 1902, launched on 25 July 1903 and commissioned on 8 March 1904.
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